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POR 2017-244

Asked the City Manager to confer with the Director of the Animal Commission to review its policies regarding urban …

How it started
Proposed by Councillor Craig A. Kelley — a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
✅ Order adopted — the Council's request now goes to the City Manager. (Order adopted as amended · Sep 18, 2017)

Present and voting at this meeting (8)

  • David Maher
  • Dennis Carlone
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jan Devereux
  • Leland Cheung
  • Marc McGovern
  • Nadeem Mazen
  • Timothy J. Toomey
Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions — no member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered — the report came back as CMA 2017 #298 (Nov 13, 2017).
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Order adopted as amendedSep 18, 2017
Referred for reportAR 2017-90Sep 25, 2017
Administration answeredCMA 2017-298Nov 13, 2017 · answered in 49 days

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The document a council order
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City of Cambridge
IN CITY COUNCIL
September 18, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of the Animal Commission to review its policies regarding urban wildlife management, to develop a plan that is responsive to the reintroduction of native animals to the urban ecosystem, and to provide guidance to residents unsure of how to mitigate the nuisance from certain species.